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Originally Posted by j_j  I've had good luck working up a bit of an I/O framework (digital or analog) and then just using a netbook and gcc on linux. You'd be surprised what a dual-core atom will do  |
Do tell. What can it do?
This is an interesting idea, especially if you are running Linux in a rack box (or smaller, if you use a mini-ITX, nano-ITX, or pico-ITX format). I haven't tried an Atom, though, so I don't know how they compare with the standard Core2Duo processors, or whatever they are called for PCs. Does the Atom have SSE instructions?
It probably wouldn't be that useful for stomp pedals, as I presume that an Atom is much less cost effective than something like the FV-1 or a Blackfin. However, I know that you can compile VST plugins for Linux. Hmmm.